--- a/hgext/pushlog-legacy/pushlog-feed.py
+++ b/hgext/pushlog-legacy/pushlog-feed.py
@@ -73,16 +73,17 @@ class PushlogQuery(object):
 
         self.formatversion = 1
         # ID of the last known push in the database.
         self.lastpushid = None
 
     def DoQuery(self):
         """Figure out what the query parameters are, and query the database
         using those parameters."""
+        repo = self.repo
         self.entries = []
         if not self.conn:
             # we didn't get a connection to the database, return empty
             return
         if self.querystart == QueryType.COUNT and not self.userquery and not self.changesetquery:
             # Get entries from self.page, using self.querystart_value as
             # the number of pushes per page.
             try:
@@ -106,27 +107,27 @@ class PushlogQuery(object):
             basequery = "SELECT id, user, date, node from pushlog LEFT JOIN changesets ON id = pushid WHERE "
             where = []
             params = {}
             if self.querystart == QueryType.DATE:
                 where.append("date > :start_date")
                 params['start_date'] = self.querystart_value
             elif self.querystart == QueryType.CHANGESET:
                 where.append("id > (select c.pushid from changesets c where c.node = :start_node)")
-                params['start_node'] = hex(self.repo.lookup(self.querystart_value))
+                params['start_node'] = hex(repo.lookup(self.querystart_value))
             elif self.querystart == QueryType.PUSHID:
                 where.append("id > :start_id")
                 params['start_id'] = self.querystart_value
 
             if self.queryend == QueryType.DATE:
                 where.append("date < :end_date ")
                 params['end_date'] = self.queryend_value
             elif self.queryend == QueryType.CHANGESET:
                 where.append("id <= (select c.pushid from changesets c where c.node = :end_node)")
-                params['end_node'] = hex(self.repo.lookup(self.queryend_value))
+                params['end_node'] = hex(repo.lookup(self.queryend_value))
             elif self.queryend == QueryType.PUSHID:
                 where.append("id <= :end_id ")
                 params['end_id'] = self.queryend_value
 
             if self.userquery:
                 i = 0
                 subquery = []
                 for u in self.userquery:
@@ -135,17 +136,17 @@ class PushlogQuery(object):
                     i += 1
                 where.append('(' + ' OR '.join(subquery) + ')')
 
             if self.changesetquery:
                 i = 0
                 subquery = []
                 for c in self.changesetquery:
                     subquery.append("id = (select c.pushid from changesets c where c.node = :node%s)" % i)
-                    params['node%d' % i] = hex(self.repo.lookup(c))
+                    params['node%d' % i] = hex(repo.lookup(c))
                     i += 1
                 where.append('(' + ' OR '.join(subquery) + ')')
 
             query = basequery + ' AND '.join(where) + ' ORDER BY id DESC, rev DESC'
             #print "query: %s" % query
             #print "params: %s" % params
             try:
                 res = self.conn.execute(query, params)